Originally Posted by grandmatoraven
I'm just trying to figure out if my soon to be ex d-i-l will need to show proof of her SSI as income when it comes to the Child Support issue? Anyone know? I believe my son should help support his daughter, after all, he did help create her, but he only makes $8 while his soon to be ex-wife sits on her butt all day and collects $700 a month in SSI.
While laws in various states differ in some aspects, they virtually all view the income of the parties as a whole, including SSI. The law allocates a weekly child support amount based on the total income of the mom and dad, then it calculates the ratio, or the percentile that each parent contributes to the whole. For example, if Dad made $1000 a week and Mom made $500 a week, the total would be $1500. Of that amount, Dad makes approximately 66% of the whole, and Mom, 34%. A formula is used to calculate the child support from the whole ($1500.00). Most states have a table that one can use that gives the weekly support for a varying number of children. So, if the support were $200.00 a week, then Dad would pay 66% of the $200.00. The custodial parent is deemed to contribute the remaining amount (it's never actually paid).
In the case of your DIL, her income will be calculated along with the father's income and worked out as outlined above.
Hope that helps, tho it's a bit untimely, I know.
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